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Bayesian epistemology

Probabilistic models have much to offer to philosophy. We continually receive information from many sources - our senses, witnesses, scientific instruments - and assess whether to believe it. The authors provide a systematic Bayesian account of these features of reasoning.

Abstract:

Measurement of the coherence of information is a controversial matter: arguably, the more coherent a set of information is, the more confident we may be that it's content is true, other things being equal. This work offers a treatment of coherence which respects this claim and shows its relevance to scientific theory choice.Read more...